In the evening, Bei Qiu and Fan Hanyi entered a relatively small inn, ordered a lower-class room, settled everything, and went downstairs to eat.
There weren't many people in the inn, the owner was a mid-forty old lady, and only a little girl was busy.
"Guest officer, what's your order?" Xiao Er took off the white towel from his shoulder, wiped the table, and asked politely.
Bei Qiu looked at the tables around and said, "Xiao Er, is there anything that can fill you up and is not expensive?"
Fan Hanyi shook his head helplessly and said, "It's not easy to go to town now, why are you so reluctant? It's better to eat once."
"Don't listen to what he said, Xiao Er, just listen to me." Bei Qiu gave Fan Hanyi a white look, and continued: "Xiao Er, if I can help the store attract customers, can I ask the proprietress to give us a gift?" Eat at the same table?"
The waiter in the shop was taken aback, but he didn't expect such a request from the visitor, so he scratched his head and said honestly: "Sister-in-law, don't make fun of me. This is a small business, and I don't make much money."
Bei Qiu still smiled gently and said, "Why don't you ask the proprietress what she means?"
The waiter in the store gave Bei Qiu a difficult look, finally nodded and said: "Alright, I will help my sister-in-law to ask, but if the proprietress still disagrees, my sister-in-law can stop embarrassing the little one."
"Naturally." Bei Qiu nodded.
The shop waiter left, Fan Hanyi frowned slightly, held Bei Qiu's hand and said in a low voice, "Qiu'er, what are you doing? Let's just have a good meal."
"Husband, don't worry." Bei Qiu patted the back of Fan Hanyi's hand, "It's just asking, there are few customers in this small shop, and the proprietress may not agree, if she really agrees, Bei Qiu will give it a try. People in the city, do you also like Bei Qiu's story?"
Hearing this, Fan Hanyi frowned and was about to speak.
The proprietress had already appeared in front of the table, and asked with a smile: "Miss looks strange, but this is the first time you've come here?"
Bei Qiu immediately stood up and said with a polite smile: "It's the first time my husband and I have entered the town today, and the proprietress should be very impressed."
Unexpectedly, Bei Qiu came up and reported the truth. At first, I thought that these two people were looking for trouble, but now, they are a little interested: "There are not many people coming to this inn, and the girl is not from the town. How can we attract guests for this inn?"
"This concubine has a way to help the proprietress solicit business. If it succeeds, the concubine and her husband will have a table to eat. If not, the concubine and her husband will naturally pay for it themselves." Bei Qiu said.
The proprietress glanced at the teenage woman from top to bottom. Judging from her mouth, it seemed that all of this was not harmful to her, so she smiled and said, "Since the girl said so, the concubine wants to see It depends on the girl's ability, if there is any need, the girl can also tell the concubine, and the concubine will try to do it for the girl."
"That's naturally the best." Bei Qiu immediately answered, "I want to borrow a screen and a gong from the proprietress."
The proprietress was first stunned by Bei Qiu's words that were best to say, and finally heard that it was just such a simple thing, she smiled and nodded in response: "Okay."
Fan Hanyi was slightly worried, but still wanted to stop Bei Qiu's actions.
But Bei Qiu gave him a reassuring look, and asked Fan Hanyi to place the screen at the front of the inn, and Bei Qiu sat behind the screen, and the gong sounded suddenly.
The guests who ate here were so scared that they all looked at the place where the gong was beating, and suddenly felt dissatisfied: "What is this for!"
"Miss Boss! What's the fuss about!"
"Let's not let people have a good meal!"
The proprietress frowned, and hurried forward to appease the guests, looking in Bei Qiu's direction, she regretted her decision just now, don't let the guests run away instead of attracting them!
Bei Qiu's crisp voice came from behind the screen: "Today, the proprietress had prepared a good show for everyone, but unfortunately I forgot to bring my shadow puppet, so I can only speak to everyone behind the screen. Talk about this shadow play."
"Shadow puppets?" The guests looked at each other.
"Yo, it's really a new thing."
"There's nothing wrong with you, how can you sing shadow puppets? Ma'am, the people you invited here are too unkind, you don't take any things with you."
The proprietress smiled sarcastically, and said: "Guest officers, how about calm down and listen?"
"Then tell me!"
"yes."
Bei Qiu chuckled, and slowly told the prepared little story.
The story prepared this time is about Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. The story she tells is very compact and will not be divided into many rounds.
In the story, Zhu Yingtai disguised herself as a man to enter the school and experienced many things. The love and acquaintance of the two people, what happened in the school made everyone laugh and cry, but the disagreement at home, the intervention of the villain, the love-hate separation between the two, made people cry.
Unconsciously.
Everyone was silent in the story, and there were more and more people in the store. It was the proprietress who reacted first and asked the waiter to go to work. We can't let these people listen to the story for nothing, but let them order something to eat.
Bei Qiu still talked for half an hour before taking a break.
When the gong sounded, everyone was relieved from the story and stopped at the most exciting place. Many guests were a little dissatisfied.
The waiter hurriedly shuttled through the crowd, clearing up the seats so that all the guests could sit down and eat.
The lady proprietress poured a cup of tea herself and handed it to Bei Qiu, "My sister's story is really attractive. I have never had so many customers in this small shop. What's the name of this story?"
Bei Qiu took a sip of tea, and immediately felt the fragrance on her lips and teeth, which was not at the same level as the high-end tea, "Thank you for the hospitality, the proprietress, the name of this story is Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, which was collected by my concubine The story is rare for the proprietress to appreciate."
"Sister said that." The proprietress giggled, her attitude was completely different from before, "There is no shadow puppet, and the story is told so beautifully. If there is a shadow puppet, wouldn't it be even more powerful? Is my sister interested in staying in this small shop for a long time? Going on, the concubine promises to give the girl the most appropriate wages."
Bei Qiu handed the teacup to the proprietress with a chuckle, and said: "It's rare for my concubine to come to the town because of my husband. I don't know when I will be next time. Thank you for the kindness of the proprietress."
The proprietress was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile: "This concubine is also being rude, the girl should rest a little longer, and the concubine will call the kitchen to prepare some good food for the girl."
"Thank you, lady boss." Bei Qiu smiled.
When the proprietress left, Bei Qiu looked at Fan Hanyi and said, "How did Bei Qiu's story go?"
"Excellent." Fan Hanyi took Bei Qiu's hand and pressed it lightly, but there was an indescribable taste in his eyes.
Bei Qiu burst out laughing, and said: "A story is a story, so it's possible that your husband is also involved in the drama?"
"Fortunately, there is not much obstruction between you and me." Fan Hanyi poured out this sentence after a long time.
After a while, the gong sounded.
Bei Qiu's story continues.
When Bei Qiu talked about the two people turning into butterflies and breaking out of the tomb, bursts of crying came from outside the screen.
A clang sounded.
It also means that Bei Qiu's story is over.
However, the audience outside did not relax for a long time.
Bei Qiu walked out from the screen, and saw that the originally small inn was packed to the brim, many people were crying, they didn't even notice that Bei Qiu had come out.
"May the proprietress deliver the food to the room?" Fan Hanyi asked with a slight frown as he looked at the people everywhere.
The proprietress looked at the crowd of guests, smiled from ear to ear, and nodded repeatedly: "Naturally, the two of you will go back to your room first, and the concubine will send you up later."
Bei Qiu and Fan Hanyi ate well and slept soundly.
Little did they know that this story was too sensational, everyone went back at night and talked about the story with the neighbors in the neighborhood, and their noses and tears flowed as they talked.
The next day, Bei Qiu and Fan Hanyi were about to check out and leave, but the proprietress said that they would not charge anything, and told Bei Qiu to go to town in the future, and she must choose their house. After Bei Qiu agreed, the proprietress even brought a pot of good wine , Let Bei Qiu take it back for the New Year.